Barbara Werderitsch is a conference interpreter and technical translator based in Madrid. Austrian by birth, but having lived almost half her life in Spain, she feels half Spanish too. As an interpreter for different industries she is acutely aware of the value of specialized knowledge and the importance of accessibility for all languages. Barbara joined Translation Commons in 2015 to help launch the Mentoring Think Tank initiative, and is a major contributor to the general mentoring guidelines for the international community of translators and interpreters.